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Diversity at HBCUs Explored at NCAA Inclusion Forum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That topic was among many issues discussed Thursday at the NCAA Inclusion Forum. The annual forum brought together more than 650 students, faculty, athletic directors, and administrators for a three-day conversation focused on enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives at colleges and universities.

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NCAA Kicks Off Inclusion Forum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The NCAA kicked off its annual Inclusion Forum on Wednesday, with a guest appearance by Dawn Staley, head coach of the University of South Carolina's women's basketball team. Educational programming focuses on each of the inclusion's five core areas of disability, international, LGBTQ, race/ethnicity and women.

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Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dual Enrollment Establishing and expanding dual enrollment programs is a place to begin. Dual enrollment agreements should include strategies for increasing the inclusivity of dual enrollment programs. The programs offer access to hundreds of occupations in high-growth and emerging industries. Hoang, H., & Rios-Aguilar, C.,

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Kean University Launches Visionary New Center for Africana Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We are dedicated to establishing the best, most effective curriculum and programming to ensure they have a full understanding of history to help them shape the future.” The Office of Africana Studies at the university has set out to provide an intellectual forum since its 1987 inception. All young people deserve to know their past.

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How Colleges and Universities Nationwide are Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

International Chapel Morehouse College With programming ranging from panels and performances to service in the community – and much more in between – many institutions are planning to commemorate the occasion for longer than just the one day itself. Memorial Banquet on Jan.

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NCAA Inclusion Forum Focuses on DEI Initiatives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Harry Edwards, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and one of the keynote speakers who addressed the more than 600 participants who attended the eleventh-annual NCAA Inclusion Forum. That social justice message resonated with those at the forum. “I

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Navigating Microaggressions: A Call for DEI Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In fact, marginalized students in medical school report higher rates of implicit bias throughout their education, perpetuating the underrepresentation of diverse practitioners and emphasizing the need for enhanced DEI programs in medical education.

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